(ThyBlackMan.com) Despite people’s best efforts, sports have always been political and will always be political. There is perhaps no better example of that than the Olympics, where countries send their best athletes to compete on an international stage and attempt to show their athletic superiority over their international counterparts. There ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Joe Biden, at the Democratic National Convention, said, “Donald Trump and the Republican friends, they not only can’t think; they can’t read very well. Seriously, think about it. Look at their Project 2025.” OK, let’s take Biden up on his offer “seriously” to think about those who “can’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In two years, we will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. Our great country has survived a Civil War, two world wars, a Cold War, and a plethora of legislative and judicial fits and starts in our pursuit of a “more perfect Union.” We have endured some devastating Supreme Court ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the latest twist of the ever-evolving political theater, Donald Trump’s campaign found itself in hot water after using Beyoncé’s iconic song “Freedom” in a promotional video. The video, which showed Trump disembarking from a jet, was set to the powerful anthem, leading to an immediate uproar, particularly from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we approach another pivotal election, voters are once again being bombarded with messaging that paints the two main candidates as opposites. We’re told Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump represent radically different visions for America’s economic future. They don’t. When it comes to economic policy, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a rule, I usually just call Donald Trump the Orange Man, but make no mistake, I am talking about Donald Trump now, and it’s time to give him space at our conferences to truly hear what his plans for us are. What kind of person is Donald Trump ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a slog for the Trump campaign the past few weeks. Let’s face it: President Joe Biden was former President Donald Trump’s clearest path to victory. And the gift that kept on giving has laid its last golden egg. Biden is gone. It’s incredible how poor a candidate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Vice President Kamala Harris has the vision, the intellect and the heart to lead a conversation about how to preserve American democracy. As a country, we are still struggling to make this “A more perfect union.” We are an incredibly unique and beautifully diverse nation, blessed in so many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black men we need you to stand Black women this election season. There needs to be no gender division within the Black community regarding who we’re voting against. I am not one of those Black women that see Black men as my natural enemy. Brothers are in no way ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I often think about a factory hallway in Dalton, Georgia that is filled with pictures drawn by children. It is a reminder of what can be, what will be, thanks to the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which celebrates its second anniversary this month. The drawings capture how these ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Howdy, y’all, perhaps I am really dating myself, but before we had all these energy drinks, there was Jolt Cola. I remember it bursting onto the scene circa 1985, marketed to students and young people as a highly, and I mean doggone highly, caffeinated drink. It was popular with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, a flawed female candidate, in 2016, in part because he fought for every battleground state, ignoring the conventional wisdom of where to get the best return on his political expenditure of capital. To that end, he campaigned in Wisconsin; he breached the ...